The Development of Ancient Greek Architecture

Some of the most exceptional and distinctive buildings from the ancient world were crafted by the architects of ancient Greece and some of their structures like theatres, temples, and stadia became staple buildings in cities and towns from antiquity onwards in the western world. The ancient Greeks are well-known for their incredible Doric and Ionic temples, and none are quite as famous as the Parthenon atop the acropolis of Athens, built under the direction of Perikles and envisioned by the architect Phidias in the fifth century BCE.
The architectural feature of all, or most, of these buildings, and the one most commonly associated with the Greeks, are columns. There are five of what are called orders of classical architecture, and an order is basically a combination of a type of column either with or without a base and an entablature which is what the column supports, this could be something like a frieze or a beam called architrave. The five classical orders are Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite though it was not the Greeks, but the Romans who gave them these names.
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0:00​ Introduction
1:03 The Greek Architectural Orders
3:31 Ancient Greek Buildings - Temples
7:13 The Theatre, Stoa, and Stadium
10:43 Outro
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[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Can you see any features of Greek architecture in your home town or city?

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

I am trying to understand how you bypass the architecture of Egypt that predates Greece to say that our modern architecture comes from Greece?

[@SakanaDrawing]

@@EPUEPUEPUEPU are you saying egyptian architecture and greek archietcture are the same?.. im pretty sure this video is supposed to only focus on the greek. but i would also like to see a seperate video on egypt. I dont think the narrator is saying all modern architecture comes from greece, but wouldnt you say some buildings are inspired by those trends?

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

@@SakanaDrawing
Greek architecture came from Egyptian architecture , so her implications is wrong
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[@SakanaDrawing]

@@EPUEPUEPUEPU yes, greek evolved from egyptian but that doesnt mean they are the same. i think most people can tell the difference between egyptian and greek right? which is why she has made a seperate video about greece, because they arent the same. Just because she is currently talking about greece doesnt mean shes saying it didnt get influence from egypt? im pretty sure that is common knowledge. it would a massive video if she had to start out in egypt and explain all architecture from there, right?

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

@@SakanaDrawing
She is implying the architecture we see today comes from Greece it didn't it came from Egypt.

[@Mary.R.]

Such a fantastic and informative video. Thank you!

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks, Mary! We're so glad that you found it informative. 🙂

[@bahsetmedenedemeyecegim7751]

Did you know that many Ancient Greek buildings are based on Ancient Egyptian Architecture?

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Ancient Greek temples and columns were especially inspired by ancient Egyptian architecture. Thanks for watching!

[@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520]

2:34 The Corinthian is the fucking Goat of the orders

[@thefanone]

I have seen both the Lincoln Memorial and the capital columns they are both very beautiful. I have also seen tombstones held by the Four Women and other tombstones with Greek columns in the front of them.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for sharing! 🙂

[@yvonne530]

Zacharias Papantoniou (Greek: Ζαχαρίας Παπαντωνίου) was a Greek writer. He was born in Karpenissi of Evrytania in February 1877 and died in Athens in 1940. He spent the first years of his life in Granitsa, where his father was a teacher. Apart from a writer, he was also a journalist. Many of the works of Zacharias Papantoniou, unfortunately, are censored because they tell the truth on Greek history. In that censored group is also the book, ''The King Otto''. Below we state a fragment from this book: ''The young Prince for first time come in Athens on January 25, 1833, he hardly heard anyone speak in Greek and so he asked: "Where are the Greeks in Athens?" His court looked at each other and answered: "There are no Greeks, but do not be troubled because this Albanian population will always be faithful to your monarchy."

[@rajuranjankumar1695]

Thanks dear ❤️❤️

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

You're very welcome, Raju. 🙂

[@Tekmirion]

Very good and informative Kelly! Well done thought i think you forgot the Minoic which is somehow like the tuscan or doric in an updside down style, besides that i don`t believe the Romans named these columns cause each column has to do about tribes Ionic (Athenian tribe) Doric (Spartan tribe) etc etc because Romans was missing many from the original Greek architecture and this can be seen in the statues replicas. The ancient Greek statues never need something for the statues to stand and hold on to so they dont fall while the Roman replicas always has to put some kind of helping stand so the statue stay always up and never fall over ^.^ That is also the the most accurate way to understand if a statue is an original Greek one or a Roman copy of the original! Cheers!

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for the valuable feedback!

[@spiritualvirus6964]

My life was not a drama, it was a horror movie in the past 2 years but is ok. The dramatic accents of the queens and kings that celebrate this, or of the "gods" that do are just part of the daily life show.

[@greg5023]

An excellent documentary on daily motion web site, "PBS - NOVA Secrets of The Parthenon (2008)") shows the puzzles that conservators faced when restoring the partheonon and the ancient stoneworking technology they used. Some tools had been lost to stone masons but scientists reverse engineered them from the markings made in the stone and recreated the long lost tools.

[@twonumber22]

NOVA has made so many good episodes.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@moyoadio2630]

once you learn this a whole new world opens up and you wonder how you need noticed them before lool nice videooo

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Yep, you'll never know when you'll see buildings that were inspired by Greek architecture. Thanks for watching!🙂

[@EPUEPUEPUEPU]

@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia I have no idea how you completely bypassed the Architecture and Columns of Egypt that predate Greece. The same Greece that said they got everything from Egypt.

[@SakanaDrawing]

@@EPUEPUEPUEPU its because this video is only specifically about Greece. This video is not about the origin of it. It is common knowledge that greek and egyptian architecture are similar, so i dont really know what you are fighting against here.

[@y2kmedia118]

Did you do the voice over for Assassin's Creed Odyssey discovery tour?

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

No, we didn't.

[@johans7119]

Weren't the columns at Karnak temple complex much older than in Greece? What about the mathematics behind all this?

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Yes, that's correct. Thanks for watching!

[@milcolinastours7045]

Amphitheaters are Roman buildings, built for performances such as gladiator fights, the most famous example being the Colosseum. The structures used for theatrical performances in ancient Greece are "theatre".

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Amphitheatres work for both cultures. 🙂

[@isaachornburg4052]

@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia I think “amphitheatre” is still incorrect here? It comes from “amphitheatron”, with “amphi” meaning on both sides or around. I.e. a theatre with seating on both sides or around the entire theatre

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Explore Golgumbaz

[@Davlavi]

Rather surprised only doing this topic know.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

There's a lot of topics to cover!

[@carlobrotto7132]

I'm host in here, so no harsh criticism, anyway I admit I'm so baffled about the content...

[@kimberlyperrotis8962]

The Development of Greek Architecture in 11 minutes? Is this for young children?

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Hi Kimberly, this video is an introduction to the architectural orders and common structures from ancient Greece. All of our videos are created with the general public in mind.

[@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520]

No need to be a rudeypatooty Kimberly

[@juanmanuelramirez3233]

no